| 14 Jul 2025 |
matthewcroughan | liquidsoap is the real language to use | 14:12:21 |
matthewcroughan | it's what https://somafm.com/ is probably using | 14:12:28 |
@n4ch723hr3r:nope.chat | most people porbably use youtube to be honest 😅 | 14:14:18 |
@n4ch723hr3r:nope.chat | * most people probably use youtube to be honest 😅 | 14:14:23 |
emily | for HLS, MPEG-DASh etc. this is a totally generic widget | 14:14:34 |
emily | HLS is specifically designed to work with a normal web server | 14:14:51 |
matthewcroughan | yeah, http streaming | 14:14:50 |
matthewcroughan | But I need to convince someone else who wants to run icecast in my space that they don't need icecast | 14:15:05 |
emily | FFmpeg supports most of this stuff also | 14:15:06 |
@n4ch723hr3r:nope.chat | FFMPeg can convert m3u8 <-> audio files so you could just do that | 14:15:54 |
matthewcroughan | Why are there so many production systems still using Icecast? | 14:16:34 |
toonn | Why mess with something that works? | 14:16:49 |
@n4ch723hr3r:nope.chat | because its good enough | 14:16:49 |
matthewcroughan | Only if you have a spare IP to dedicate it to | 14:17:16 |
matthewcroughan | IPs aren't that easy to come by | 14:17:21 |
@n4ch723hr3r:nope.chat | icecast doesnt support tls, does it? | 14:18:11 |